Legislation
- NSBA: House Legislation Would Rubber-Stamp Executive Overhaul at the Expense of Local Control | NSBA
- In advance of a July 15 House Education and Workforce Committee markup, the National School Boards Association (NSBA) released the following statement from Executive Director and CEO Verjeana McCotter-Jacobs opposing the legislative package of 10 bills that would begin to codify the Trump administration’s efforts to phase out the Education Department and move many of its duties to other federal agencies.
- Congress Seizes on ‘Parents Rights’ Agenda to Nationalize Censorship in Public Schools | PEN America
- Two bills, both misleadingly titled, HR 2616, the Stopping Indoctrination and Protecting Kids Act, and HR 7661, the Stop the Sexualization of Children Act, advanced earlier this spring. Together, they would use federal education funding to pressure schools to restrict materials, student support, and instruction related to gender identity. Schools that fail to comply risk losing those funds. Framed as parental protections, the bills use that leverage to shape what schools teach, what materials students can access, and how educators support vulnerable students. Their proponents have explicitly focused on gender- and sexuality-themed materials, continuing a pattern of policies that marginalize LGBTQ+ students while creating a framework for broader educational censorship.
- In a 2025 report, PEN America highlighted research from the Florida Freedom to Read Project that found that where parents were given genuine individual choice over their own children’s library access, the overwhelming majority chose access over restriction. The restrictions imposed through “parental-rights” legislation do not reflect what most parents want for their own children. The bills before Congress seek to nationalize this agenda.
- Equality Caucus Condemns Advancement of Racist, Anti-Equality Censorship Bill
- US House passes sweeping ‘gender ideology’ bill aimed at trans kids in schools
- A Nationwide Book Ban Bill Has Been Introduced in the House of Representatives
- Out Rep. Angie Craig reintroduces bill to protect LGBTQ+ foster kids from rampant discrimination | LGBTQ Nation
- Bill in Congress aims to ban seclusion, limit restraint in schools | K12 Dive
- S. 222: Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2025
- Bill Introduced Requiring Service Academies Accept Classic Learning Test | The Daily Signal
- EXCLUSIVE: House Republican targets ‘woke’ testing in bill to restore classical education at military schools | Fox News
Articles
- These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department. | Pro-Publica
- What Are The Main Federal Laws Governing Education In The U.S.?
- In Trump Era, ALEC Remains Key Conservative Player in States
- How the Education Department is using civil rights laws to bring schools to heel
- Trump campaigned on closing the Education Department. Reality is more difficult.
- Understood.org Explains Special Education Layoffs
- Ed Dept. Partners With Right-Groups to Spread White-Washed Civics Lessons in ‘Schools Across the Nation’